On Monday Li’l Mister turned two. We had a party on Sunday. In reality we did what we always do: go to mum’s for tea, the only difference being we had tea and cake (courtesy of Beth – have you guessed what it is yet?). Li’l Mister was of course impressed with the unwrapping of [...]

I’ve mentioned before how using Swagbucks is like getting money for nothing. That can only be a good thing, right? Swagbucks is making Friday the 13th a lucky day this week, as they hold a Swag Code Extravaganza, which means more opportunities to get reward points towards free stuff! It starts at 12:00 and throughout the day there [...]

War on charity muggers: move by council for first street ban. Islington could become the first borough to ban chuggers after years of complaints from residents who say they are fed up with being hassled in the streets. Evening Standard, 9 January 2012 At lunch time today I popped out to M&S to grab some [...]

You might remember that last month I put OPI’s Gone Gonzo (from the Muppets collection) on my Christmas wish list. Luckily Santa came through and this little baby was waiting in my stocking. The colour in the bottle doesn’t seem as bright as the picture I’d originally seen on Amazon (and a lot of other websites) and [...]

There seem to have been a lot of stories in the news recently about society’s need to survive the credit crunch while at the same time becoming more energetic, getting more exercise and eating more healthily. All things considered, it’s not that easy to do. Especially when on the run junk food seems to be [...]